“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive”
Or, cruel. Or, report a false tale.
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: speak: Heb. answer”
Hebrew, answer . Do that which is godly, though few do favor it.
“If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.”
If we be bound to do good to our enemy’s beast, much more to our enemy himself, Matt. 5:44 .
“If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. and: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt surely leave it to join with him”
If God command to help up our enemy’s ass under his burden, will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens?
“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”
Whether thou be magistrate or art commanded by the magistrate.
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. the wise: Heb. the seeing”
Hebrew, seeing. Cross references: : Deut. 16:19
“Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. heart: Heb. soul”
For in that that he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough.
“And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:”
Lev. 25:3 ; Lev. 26:43 ; Deut. 15:1
“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.”
Neither by swearing by them nor speaking of them, Ps. 16:4 ; Eph. 5:3 .
“Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)”
That is, Easter, in remembrance that the Angel passed over and spared the Israelites, when he slew the firstborn of the Egyptians. Exod. 13:3 ; Exod. 34:18 Deut. 16:16
“And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.”
This is the feast of Tabernacles, signifying that they dwelled 40 years under the tents or the Tabernacles in wilderness. Which is Whitsuntide, in token that the Law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt.
“Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. sacrifice: or, feast”
No leavened bread shall be there in thine house.
“The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.”
Meaning, that no fruits should be taken before just time: and hereby are bridled all cruel and wanton appetites. Exod. 34:26 ; Deut. 14:22
“Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”
I will give him mine authority, and he shall govern you in my name.
“For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.”
Exod. 33:2 ; Deut. 7:21 ; Josh. 24:12
“Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.”
God commandeth his not only not to worship idols, but to destroy them. Deut. 7:25
“And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.”
That is, all things necessary for this present life.
“I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. backs: Heb. neck”
I will make them afraid at thy coming and send mine Angel to destroy them, as Exod. 35:2 .
“And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.”
To wit, Ephraim. Called the Sea of Syria. Of Arabia called desert.
“They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.”
Hebrew, offense or snare. Deut. 7:16 ; Josh. 23:13